LOAC Essentials Volume 1: Baron Bean 1916

Introducing a new series that will reprint early daily newspaper strips thatare essential to the history of comics.

Each volume will contain a full year ofdailies. By reproducing the strips one per page in an oblong format, it allowsus to have the experience of reading the comics one day at a time.

The inauguralvolume of LOAC Essentials features Baron Bean by one of thegreatest of all comic strip stars: George Herriman.

The creator of KrazyKat drew Baron Bean for three years beginning in 1916.

Included inthis volume is the first year. Two additional books will complete the series. Future LOAC Essentials titles include The Gumps and Polly andHer Pals. The Library of American Comics is the world's #1 publisher of classicnewspaper comic strips, with 14 Eisner Award nominations and three wins for bestbook.

LOAC has become "the gold standard for archival comic strip reprints...Theresearch and articles provide insight and context, and most importantly theglorious reproduction of the material has preserved these strips for those whoknew them and offers a new gateway to adventure for those discovering them forthe first time." - Scoop